Ice Massacre

                        

Title: Ice Massacre

Series: Mermaids of Eriana Kwai #1

Author: Tiana Warner

Published: Rogue Cannon Publishing, September 18, 2014

Pages: 378

Genre: LGBTQ Young Adult

For twenty years, the island of Eriana Kwai has sent its young men to battle the mermaids that plague their waters. None have ever returned alive.

Now, Eriana Kwai sends its daughters to fight—their last hope against the mermaids’ deadly allure. Among them is eighteen-year-old Meela, trained as a warrior and ready to avenge her brother's death.

But Meela has a secret: a lost childhood friend named Lysi, a mermaid who is nothing like the vicious creatures Meela was taught to hate and fear. When Meela comes face-to-face with the mermaids in battle and reunites with Lysi, their hatred for each other melts as their old friendship lingers beneath the surface.

With her loyalties tested and her mission in jeopardy, Meela must choose between duty to her people and the dangerous yet irresistible connection she feels with Lysi. Her decision could either end the war or ruin them all.

I really enjoyed this book. There were mermaids, training sequences, battle scenes, etc. It had a little bit of everything. There was also a heavy sprinkle of Lord of the Flies in there. When you send 10+ 18-year-old young women to be in charge of one another for at least a month in a life-threatening situation, tensions are bound to boil over. And boil over they do. 

At the end of the day, this is a second chance romance between Meela and her childhood, mermaid friend, Lysi. Not a romance novel. That's not what I'm saying. But a second chance romance, absolutely. And they reunite just long enough to be ripped apart again, which is why I have purchased the second book and am very excited to have time to fit it into my reading calendar!

Ratings

Stars: 4/5